Exhibition information
kyoto ddd gallery the 249th Exhibition C-GRAPHIC/TAIPEI: Taipei’s Graphic Design Scene in the 2020s
November 06, 2025 - January 12, 2026
In recent years, many graphic designers from the Chinese-speaking world have gained recognition in international design competitions, and their visuals have increasingly become part of our everyday view through social media. However, a full understanding of the cultural and social backgrounds behind these works is still lacking. 'C-GRAPHIC INDEX' attempts to draw auxiliary lines on the vast map of graphic design in the Chinese-character cultural sphere and make its current state visible.
The "C" in 'C-GRAPHIC' refers to Chinese as a language, specifically the characters themselves. This exhibition focuses on Taipei, where Traditional Chinese characters are used, and introduces graphic design by designers born in the 1980s and 1990s, especially those working in the fields of culture and art.
Where and what did these designers study, and what influences shape their design? How do they live, and with what mindset do they approach their creations? Through the physical display of their works, which cannot be fully conveyed in print, visitors can experience the layered creative backgrounds behind them. Through these works, we hope visitors can experience, both visually and verbally, how Taipei's designers interact with the city and shape the culture of the 2020s.
Reception
November 8, 2025(Sat) 17:00-18:00
Venue: kyoto ddd gallery
Entrance free
Gallery Talk
November 8, 2025(Sat) 15:00-16:30
Venue: kyoto ddd gallery
Guest: ddd.pizza, ONE.1O Society, O.OO™, Oval graphic, Sydney Sie, Yang Qiao Ran
Moderator: Tetsuya Goto & Javin Mo
Reservation required,
Consecutive interpretation from Chinese to Japanese
※Booking starts on this website at a later date.
Exhibiting Studios | Designers
adj. everything | Tsai Tong-Hung, June Hsu
ddd.pizza | Peter Chang
Studio led by Peter Chang that has won multiple awards from Tokyo TDC, and has been described by the design journal +81 Magazine as one of forty-four up-and-coming designers set to influence the next generation. The studio's clients include Netflix, HBO, Disney+, and Nike. While the studio is mostly focused on brand content, graphic advertising, and motion graphics, it is also involved in print media and pop culture design. It is also a design partner of the Japanese creative company Eat, Play, Sleep Inc. and the startup Teracy, Inc.
Echo Yang
Freelance graphic designer from Taipei. Completed an MA in information design at the Netherland's Design Academy Eindhoven in 2013. Yang's graphic designs cover a wide range of media, including images, identities, typography, and main visuals. Her works have been recognized by the Tokyo TDC Excellence Awards, and she was nominated for best album design at the Golden Melody Awards.
Elf-19 | Hung Chang Lien
Design studio of Hung Chang Lien. Hung uses the experience he gained at a sign-making workshop to create a contemporary style of beautiful typographic framing, through a mix of complex but bold printing techniques and innovative page layouts. He has had a definite influence on the Taiwanese design world through works such as experimental posters in collaboration with dance clubs and innovative editorial designs not bound by grid systems. Hung has been a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) since 2023.
HOUTH | Ho Wan Chun, Huang Chi Teng
This creative team was set up in Taipei in 2014. The team is engaged in brand strategies, art direction, and graphic design. Co-founder and design director Ho Wan Chun is a member of the AGI and was recognized by Tokyo TDC and Top in Asia, among other awards. The team has created an original balance of the artistic and the commercial characterized by vivid colors, an experimental visual language, and revolutionary typography.
O.OO™ | Liu Yuxian, Lu ihwa
Visual design studio made up of graphic designers Liu Yuxian and Lu ihwa. Combining flexible design methodologies and research into Risograph printing, they have created many new types of visual pieces. A major characteristic of O.OO™'s works is their strong sense of experimentalism.
ONE.1O Society | Desiree Niu
Desiree Niu runs ONE.10 Society and is its art director and designer. She received her MFA of Visual Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She has won many awards, including from the Tokyo TDC, New York TDC, Golden Bee, and Golden Pin. As part of the Door to Asia international cooperation fund, she has been involved in community branding for the city of Kesennuma in Japan. She has been a on the judging panels for awards such as Topawards Asia and the Youth Innovative Design Festival. She is also active in publishing and translated the Chinese edition of INSIDE PARAGRAPHS: Typographic Fundamentals.
Oval graphic | Yeh Chung-yi
Design studio by Yeh Chung-yi, established in 2015 after he graduated from the graduate school at Kyoto University of the Arts. He is also the founder of the specialist Chinese language typography magazine Typography. Yeh also plans and publishes the educational series Zeitgeist, and is also engaged in book, brand, and event design. He has received numerous awards, including the D&AD Wood Pencil, Good Design Award Best 100, and Golden Pin Best Design. In 2022, he founded the Weight Books bookshop in Taipei.
Sydney Sie
Visual artist. Acquired her bachelor's degree (in graphic design) and master's degree (in information design) at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. She creates pieces using design, photography, and film, and makes use of optical illusion, surrealism, and symbols. Sie's works have been nominated for or won prizes at international film festivals in a long list of countries, including the UK, Italy, Australia, Portugal, Romania, and Bulgaria. She is continuously exploring themes such as gender and the mind.
Yang Qiao Ran
Graphic designer and artist. After gaining experiences at the Aaron Nieh Workshop and elsewhere, she has been active as a freelancer since 2018. At the moment, she is focused on her personal 100 Shapes Project. In this project, Yang uses shapes and tones for abstract blocks of color that create unexpected images through the ratios of spaces and borders, expressing the interrelationship with inner and outer selves. Figures and concrete shapes do not make an appearance, instead her various works have a chaotic aspect—part vague poetry and part gentle melody that can be glimpsed like an incomplete dream.
Curators
Tetsuya Goto
Designer / curator / editor. Professor in the Department of Culture and Design, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Cultural Studies at Kindai University. Based in Osaka, he researches and documents contemporary graphic design in East Asia while building international networks through exhibitions and publishing. His books include K-GRAPHIC INDEX, C-GRAPHIC INDEX, and K-GRAPHIC IN-DEPTH, which have introduced the design scenes of Korea and the Chinese-speaking world from multiple perspectives. His curatorial projects include Moji Image Graphic Exhibition (21_21 DESIGN SIGHT) and ddd DATABASE 1991–2022 (Kyoto ddd Gallery). He also runs ASAHISONOMA, a gallery converted from an old apartment in Osaka, where he explores the construction of international graphic design networks through collaborations with designers from Japan and abroad.
Website: outofoffice.jp
/ Instagram: @tetsuya_goto
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Javin Mo
Founder & Design Director,
Milkxhake
Javin Mo, member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), is the founder of design studio Milkxhake and a Hong Kong-based graphic designer and curator for numerous design exhibitions and events in Asia. He has been actively involved in collaboration with leading local and international clients in both Hong Kong and Taiwan, particularly from the arts, cultural and institutional sectors including Hong Kong’s M+ and West Kowloon Cultural District.
HIs works have been selected for numerous international design awards, including Taiwan Golden Pin Design Awards – Design Mark Recipients (2017-2023) and The Best Design Winners (2015 & 2024). He also served as the international design jury for New York Young Guns (2025 & 2018), Taiwan Golden Pin Awards (2023-2024), as well as British D&AD Awards (2019). Javin Is currently living in Taipei.
Organizer
DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion
Planning | Graphic Design
Tetsuya Goto & Javin Mo
Space Design
NO ARCHITECTS
Dates
November 6 (Thu),2025–January 12 (Mon), 2026
Hours: 11:00 - 19:00 (18:00 on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays)
The gallery will be closed on the following days during the exhibition.
November 10 (Mon)
November 17 (Mon)
November 25(Tue)
December 1 (Mon)
December 8 (Mon)
December 15 (Mon)
December 22 (Mon)
December 29(Mon)-January 4(Sun)
Venue | Access
kyoto ddd gallery
3F COCON KARASUMA, 620 Suiginya-cho, Karasuma-dori Shijo-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City 600 8411, Japan
Tel: 075-585-5370 Fax: 075-585-5369
A short walk from the Shijo Karasuma City Bus stop, Shijo Station on the Subway Karasuma Line (exit 2), and Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line (exits 23 and 25).
Free entrance. No parking.
